Aggregation in woodlice: Social interaction and density effects

ZooKeys

Volumn 176, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2012, Pages 133-144

  Broly, Pierre ^a,b,c   Mullier, Romain ^a,b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c   Devigne, Cédric ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Density; Dynamics; Social interaction; Woodlouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 84859415915     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.176.2258     Document Type: Article

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